Africa -west coast St. Paul de Loanda to Great Fish Bay compiled chiefly from sketch surveys by Captain WFW Owen, HMS 'Leven' 1825 with additions 1881

Scale: circa 1:1,000,000 (lat). Uncoloured chart showing the coast of Angola from Luanda to Baia dos Tigres (Great Fish Bay), with eight insets. Magnetic variation marked Insets: 1. Lobito Bay by Commander HI Matson 1840 [circa 1:50,000 (bar)]; 2. Banguela Bay by Messrs. Rogier and Knott HMS Barracouta 1825 [circa 1:85,000 (bar)]; 3. Equimina Bay by Joze Primo da Costa 1853 [circa 1:50,000 (bar)]; 4. Elephant Bay by Commander HI Matson, 1840 [circa 1:50,000 (bar)]; 5. St Mary Bay by the Officers of the French Corvette 'La Camille' 1847 [circa 1:50,000 (bar)]; 6. Espiegle Bay by RA Newman, HMS 'Espiegle' 1824 [circa 1:50,000 (bar)]; 7. Luash or Cuio Bay by Lieutenant HB Rooper and Sub Lieutenant AH Ozzard, HMS Alecto 1888 [circa 1:18,000 (bar)]; 8. Port Alexander by J Richards, Master, HMS Geyser, 1849 [circa 1:50,000 (bar)].

Object Details

ID: G241:6/7
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Owen, WiIliam Fitzwilliam; United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO)
Places: West Africa
Vessels: Leven (1813)
Date made: 1882; 1889; 1882 1889
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 67 cm x 89.5 cm